precocity
/pɹəˈkɒsɪti/
precocity noun: the state of being precocious.
Noun
precocity (countable and uncountable, plural precocities)
- The state of being precocious.
- I cannot learn that he gave in his youth, any evidence of that precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius.1817 William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, New York: M'elrath, Bangs & Co., 1834, Section I, pp. 23-4...
- By the side of many tall and bouncing young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child. But she had the dismal precocity of poverty.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- precociousness
precocity meaning in Tamil
precocity in Tamil
- முதுக்குறைவு, வயதிற்கு மீறிய அறிவுடைமை, விரைவில் விருத்தி அடையும் பண்பு, அகாலமுதிர்வு, இளமையில் உடல் உள்ளமிகை வளர்ச்சி, உடல் உள்ளம்மிகைவளர்ச்சி
Examples of precocity in a sentence
- How can we explain the relative precocity in political studies that the Greeks demonstrated in contrast to the backwardness of other early peoples?1964, William Anderson, Man's Quest for Knowledge: The Study and Teaching of Politics in Ancient Times, Minneapolis: University of...
- Short stature persists into adult life but puberty is usually normal, although sexual precocity has been seen […]1999, Leonard Pinsky, Robert P. Erickson, R. Neil Schimke, chapter 15, in Genetic Disorders of Human Sexual Development, Oxford University...
Synonyms of precocity
Forms of precocity
| plural | precocities |
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Origin of precocity
From French précocité.
Words that rhyme with precocity
Questions about precocity
- What does precocity mean?
- Precocity means the state of being precocious.
- What is precocity in Tamil?
- Precocity in Tamil is முதுக்குறைவு, வயதிற்கு மீறிய அறிவுடைமை, விரைவில் விருத்தி அடையும் பண்பு. See Precocity meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use precocity in a sentence?
- How can we explain the relative precocity in political studies that the Greeks demonstrated in contrast to the backwardness of other early peoples?
- What part of speech is precocity?
- Precocity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce precocity?
- Precocity is pronounced /pɹəˈkɒsɪti/.
- What is the plural of precocity?
- The plural of precocity is precocities.
Words near precocity in the dictionary
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